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		MLB: Ex-bat boy steroid dealer sings like a bird By Ken Gimblin and Joe Cronin November 7, 2007

	Former New York Mets clubhouse attendant and former batboy Kirk Rodomski will be sentenced for illegal steroid distribution. Rodomski was arrested earlier this year during the baseball season admitted to distributing steroids to major league players. Rodomski furnished federal authorities a list of up to 24 MLB players names. According to the New York Post and the San Francisco Chronicle's Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada at the time of the Rodomski arrest, a high profile player connected to the BALCO investigation is also on the list. Although some speculate it was Barry Bonds, nothing conclusive has turned up. Williams and Fainaru-Wada are not leaking anything that the courts have obtained into evidence, hence the last time they did they were up for contempt of court for refusing to reveal their sources. The source later turned out to be Troy Ellerman BALCO founder Victor Conte's lawyer who released Grand Jury scripts to Williams and Fainaru-Wada about Bonds testimony to the Jury. Not taking any chances even if they had a source in the Rodomski list Fainaru-Wada and Williams are now waiting for the list to be released sometime in December around the time of the Rodomski sentencing, and Senator George Mitchell will make that list public to the press at that time. Bonds to this date denies any steroid use although he said he unknowingly used the Cream and the Clear in his reported Grand Jury testimony in December 2003. In the meantime Mitchell and baseball officials have met with Angel’s star outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. regarding obtaining steroids during the 2004 season. Matthews admitted receiving HGH in 04 after rumors floated about his use in Spring Training earlier this year. Matthews as far as Sportstalk has learned will not be disciplined by MLB for any games. HGH was not banned by MLB until 2005. Baseball officials also will interview Cleveland pitcher Paul Byrd who admitted to medical steroid use during the ALCS, in which Cleveland lost to Boston. Byrd said he obtained HGH from a Florida Dentist and said he used HGH for a medical condition as well. The Players Association has made it clear that steroid use before 2005 is not cause for disciplinary action against Byrd who claims he received it in before 2005. The Florida dentist has since lost his doctor's license for steroid prescription distribution. Officials want to know how much HGH Byrd used and was even asked if he used steroids during the most recent playoffs. Ken Gimblin and Joe Cronin co-host Sportstalk on 1690 KFSG Sacramento.